Serious unclassified road crash in Bexley on 29 December 1979 at 11:15 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bexley at 11:15 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 26-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and a female passenger in vehicle 2 and the male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Dec 1979
- Saturday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197901LTLDV88
- Council area
- Bexley
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 197901LTLDV88 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bexley road accident statistics for 1979.